Women promote pride in their curls

Hundreds of women are using Brazil's Carnival season to flaunt their curls in a party-time promotion of black pride.

The curl-power celebration in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday was one of hundreds of street parties in the run-up to Carnival, which starts on Friday. Some have social themes, but for many the basic message is just: "Dance."

Sponsored by a beauty salon, the Curly-Haired Women encouraged Afro-Brazilian women to enjoy their natural hair and resist social pressures to straighten it.